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One killed in Maharashtra train accident,
probe ordered
Friday July 20, 2012 09:29:50 AM,
IANS
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Mumbai: A 65-year-old
woman has been killed, while 14 others have been injured after the
speeding Vidarbha Express rammed into 11 derailed coaches of a
Mumbai suburban train in Maharashtra's Thane district late
Thursday. A probe has been ordered, officials said here Friday.
Even as relief work was going on in full swing under the
supervision of senior officials at the scene of the double
accident between Kasara and Umbermali, normal operations have been
severely hit on the Central Railway suburban and long-distance
network.
The accident occurred around 9.15 p.m., when a coach of the
Kasara-CST suburban local train derailed and fell across the
parallel railway line owing to heavy rains and a landslide in the
area, a Central Railway official said.
Barely two-three minutes later, the speeding 12105 Mumbai-Gondia
Vidarbha Express from the opposite direction (on the adjacent
line) rammed into the derailed bogies scattered on its route
towards Kasara.
As a result, the engine of the express train derailed and tracks
were blocked from both the sides, hampering services.
The commissioner of railway safety will probe the accident, the
official added.
At present, suburban services and long-distance trains are being
operated only till Asangaon on the CST-Satara section and efforts
were on to clear the tracks.
Early morning commuters to Mumbai faced problems on account of
train delays and cancellations of services.
Railway Minister Mukul Roy early Friday announced a compensation
of Rs.5 lakh for the dead passenger, identified as Shakeela
Qureshi, Rs.1 lakh to four seriously injured and Rs.25,000 each to
10 others who sustained minor injuries.
The railways will take care of all the medical expenses of the
victims, four of whom are admitted to a private hospital in Nashik
and the remaining 10 in a Kasara hospital, the railways said.
Incessant heavy rains in the Thane-Raigad belt were hampering the
rescue and relief operations which are likely to continue till
late Friday.
The Central Railway has set up two helpline numbers for
information about the victims. The numbers are:
020-22694040/10720.
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